Catching Up

We've been having trouble with our computer, so I haven't been getting pictures off the camera. The computer decided to start cooperating the other day, so I took advantage of to get pictures from the camera and now create one post for the last month.

In January a local bookstore had a Lego creation contest for kids. This is what Rudy came up with- Monster Factory. The Lego people go in as regular people and come out as monsters.

Once again we went out for a walk at the wildlife refuge in the cold.

And another day we went to walk a trail at Batsto and saw some cool sites. Snow and ice around a tree.

There was a layer of ice around all the water, which Rudy wanted to see how far he could go on it and we kept calling him back.

 Water half frozen.

A little bit of green moss peeking up through the snow.

A monkey in a tree

A monkey trying to get in a tree.

Making their own tracks.

Charlie stayed with us for about a week while Chris and Patti went away. He brought some costumes with him that Noel enjoyed using.

We had snow one day.

March brought Read Across America week and Wacky Wednesday.

 

And Cat in the Hat face painting.

Rudy had another class at the Arden and we were lucky that it was one of the few, warmer, sunny days we've had this winter.

Noel brought chap stick with him that he felt the need to apply continuously all over his mouth. And then point out to everyone we walked past that he had his own chap stick.

Rudy's class at the Arden was a Scavenger Hunt. So they just told us about they did and where they found clues.

And for my birthday, we went to Bass River and had a little picnic and took a short walk.

Notice Rudy's amazing physique. (he wore his Iron Man costume underneath his clothes)

Rudy showing ff his muscles.

And N showing off his muscles.

Mothers' Day Weekend

Saturday Rudy had another class at the Arden, "Mixed-Up Fairy tales". The weather at home was rainy and miserable and we toyed with the idea of one of us staying home with N, so we didn't have to amuse a 2 year old in a rainy Philly, but Rudy wanted us both to be there, so we all headed out. Luckily when we got to Philly, it was sunny and dry. Rudy went in to his class and we walked around with N. We found a great place to hang out at Washington Square Park. N was happy to be out of his stroller.

We headed back to get Rudy and admired the flowers in the gardens at Christ Church, which a few weeks ago had been non-existent.

Once again we got to watch Rudy and the other kids show off the fun they had.

Then we got some ice cream and sat near the church again. After finishing his ice cream, Rudy climbed around on the fence at the church and watched people arrive for a wedding.

We have discovered that N is not a fan of ice cream (horrors!), so he enjoyed a cookie.

 

 

Sunday, Mother's Day, we headed out early to breakfast at Shea's. I wanted to take a nice hike somewhere, but really didn't feel like driving too far. While researching this week, I found that there was a local "Wildlife Management Area" in a neighboring town. It is much more woodsy and less cut out trails, but we had a lot of fun exploring it.

 

(Remember, this is our kid who 'doesn't like nature'.)

 



N got in to the swing of it after a while. At first he fell and had a hard time getting his footing and wasn't very happy with us. He also wanted to be carried, which wasn't happening, but he eventually enjoyed it.

Rudy pointing out some weird pine cones on the tree.

A closer look.

N preferring to be on solid ground.

The boys.

After the first picture I got "Cheeeeeeese" from this one, so I had to take another.

Little one trying to keep up with big one.

If you look closely you can see an oriole in the tree

Crazy father and son.

Copying the big boy.

Trying to keep the little one out of the mud puddles.

Two families of geese.

Rudy pointing out a nest in the tree.

A fallen tree to climb.

All in all, great weather for a great weekend.